11 killed in Peshawar hotel blast
Foreigners among killed
A huge suicide truck bomb ripped through a luxury hotel Tuesday killing 11 people and wounding 52 in Pakistan's Peshawar city, capital of a northwest province plagued by Taliban violence.
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Two foreigners were among the dead, provincial information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said, but would not reveal the nationalities.
Attackers in a pick-up truck entered the compound of the five-star Pearl Continental hotel, spraying security guards with bullets before ramming the vehicle into the building and detonating, with foreigners among those injured.
Text: AFP
Image: Pakistani people are seen next to a partially collapsed hotel after an explosion in Peshawar, on Tuesday, June 9, 2009. (Copyright AP. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.)
